Table-bed.



C. R. KLOK'.

TABLE BED.

I APPUCATION FILED DEC.26. 1913. 1,248,424. Patented 0ct.16,1917.

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C. R. KLOK.

TABLE BED.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.26. 1913.

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CARL R. KLOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To UNITED TABLEeBED COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA.

TABLE-BED.

Application filed December 26, 1913;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL R. KLoK, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Iniprovement in Table-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to table beds in which the top of the table is necessarily movable in order to permit folding and unfolding of the bed.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel construction and arrangement whereby the top and side and end walls of the table are combined to form a movable cover for the bed, and are detachable from the table body,'whereby the weight of said cover is not sustained by the structure when the bed is unfolded for use, and so that the bed when unfolded is not inclosed to any extent by the table.

To these and other useful'ends, my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a table bed embodying the principles of my invention, on line 11 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of said table bed, with one section of the Cl'ijflCl'litble cover removed, and with certain portions of the body shown in section.

Fig. a is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the bed unfolded.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged section on line 55 in Fig. 1.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a table body A having fixed legs a at the four corners thereof, and having end bars 7. and side bars a", all rigidly connected together. thereby forming a rigid frame. The top B is hollow or boX-like in form and is divided longitudinally of the table to form two similar shaped sections. Each table top section comprises a top wall 6 and side wall 72 and end walls 71 the said end walls and side walls being adapted to rest on the bars (1. and a of the table frame. The edges of the top walls Z: are adapted to meet tightly at the center of the table, and the edges of the end walls 6 are adapted to meet in a similar manner at the ends of the table. The table top thus provided has its lower edge Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Get. re, 1917.

Serial No. 808,770.

equipped with pins C adaptod'to engage holes in the table body. In this way the table top is held firmly in place.

The folding bed D comprises a rectangular iron frame composed of sections (Z, (Z and (Z which are pivot-ally ronnected together by links (1" and (Z whereby the frame is adapted to fold up in the manner shown in Fig. 2. The links (Z are longer than the links (2*, whereby the section (Z is between the section (Z and (Z when the bed frame is folded. ldoreover, and as shown, this con struction provides space for the mattress and bedding, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby the entire bed may be folded into a flat rectangular bundle. The section (Z is fixed to the table body in any suitable manner, and the other sections are provided with pivoted legs (Z and (Z connected by long links (Z and (Z with the links (Z and fl, whereby said automatically fold and unfold when the bed frame is folded and unfolded.

With this construction, and when the table top is removed and the bed unfolded, there is then no portion of the table which extends above the plane of the bed.

hen the bed is unfolded, no portion thereof is inclosed to any extent by the table, and the weight of the table-top is not sustained by the structure, as the top can be detached and entirely removed. The construction shown and described, there-fore, aifords one way of combining a bed with a table, so that the table is of the ordinary height and proportions, and that the bed will be of the proper height when unfolded. Thus the table has the size and proportions of an ordinary library table, being of width to pass through an ordinary doorway, and the bed complies with the ordinary or standard requirements as to height and length, and may be of any suitable or desired width, as the table can be made short for a narrow bed, or long for a wide bed. without cbiectionably varying the proportions thereof. In this way the construction shown and described tends to solve some of the problems involved in the combining of a bed with a table, in

one unitary structure, so that the essential requirements of neither one will be sacrificed to the other. Of course, though, I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described.

What I claim as my invention is l. A table bed comprising table body, a

. folding bed frame therein, a removable table top having sides and ends rigidly united therewith, so that no portion of the table top or body extends above the bed when said frame is unfolded, forming a cover for inclosing the bed, means to hold the cover in position on the body, which cover forms no part of the bed frame and is divided into independent and separable sections, the top of the table being without sides and ends other than those of said cover, and legs which are of the proper height for both the table and the bed.

2. A table bed comprising a table body, a folding bed frame therein, a removable table top having sides and ends rigidly united therewith, so that no portion of the table top or body extends above the bed when said frame is unfolded, forming a cover for inclosing the bed, means to hold the cover in position on the body, which cover forms no part of the frame and is divided into independent and separable sections, and legs which are of the proper height for both the table and the bed, said sections being detachably mounted on the body.

3. A table bed comprising a table body, a folding bed frame therein, a removable table top having sides and ends rigidly united therewith, so that no portion of the table top or body extends above the bed when said frame is unfolded, forminga cover for inclosing the bed, means to'hold the cover in position on the body, which cover forms no part of the frame and is divided into independent and separable sections, and legs which are'of the proper height for both the table and the bed, the division of the cover being in a direction crosswise of the length of the bed. 7

4:. A. table bed comprising a table body, a folding bed frame therein, a removable table top having sides and ends rigidly united therewith, so that no portion of the table top i.

or body extends above the bed when said frame is unfolded, forming a cover for inclosing the bed, means to hold the cover in position on the body, which cover forms no part of the frame and is divided into independent and separable sections, and legs which are of the proper heightfor both the table and the bed, the division of said cover being in a direction lengthwise of the table. Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 23rd day of December, 1918.

' CARL R. KLOK.

Witnesses: V

RACHEL J. RICHARDSON Rosin E. SEHNEM.

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